Niall Ferguson holds a PhD in philosophy from Oxford, taught history at Harvard and NYU, and wrote perhaps the definitive biography of Henry Kissinger. So, naturally, Bloomberg hired him to write on economics. His most recent column for Bloomberg is a strained

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Austrian economics offers a wide range of knowledge and applications for better business performance. One of them is the design of high-value organizations (see Mises.org/E4B_109_PDF). Austrians understand the function of entrepreneurial businesses in the economy is to pursue and generate new

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[Robert Higgs's Schlarbaum Award Acceptance Speech, delivered on October 12, 2007, at the Mises Institute's 25th Anniversary Celebration.] Margaret Atwood's poem "Siren Song" begins: This is the one song everyonewould like to learn: the songthat is irresistible:the song that forces mento leap

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